Thank-you to the Mukilteo Way Garden Club and the Mukilteo Lighthouse Quilters for donating to the garden a beautiful "Eat Fresh" sign. Judy Scorgie hand painted the sign which will be displayed with pride in the garden!

We do have some p-patch beds still available for rent for 2019. Two more orientations are scheduled for Saturday 3/16 and Sunday 3/24 at 10AM at the garden. Everyone renting a bed will need to come on one of these days to fill out paperwork, pay the annual rental fee, and sign up for volunteer hours.

Don’t forget to sign up for Amazon Smile. The holidays are fast approaching and on-line shopping is a great way to avoid the crowds. And you can support the Mukilteo Community Garden by starting your shopping at www.smile.amazon.com. Did you know that Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible Amazon Smile purchases to the charitable organization of your choice? Amazon Smile is the same Amazon you know. Same products, same prices, same service.

Your first time on the site you need to search for/select Mukilteo Community Garden.

The annual Potluck in the Patch is on Saturday, August 11th, at 12;30.

Bedrenters and their families are invited to join their fellow gardeners for a meal in the garden. Drinks, hotdogs, and hamburgers will be provided. We're asking bedrenters to bring your favorite side dish or dessert to share.

Mukilteo Community Gardens are snuggled in between houses, tall trees and the Japanese Gulch Trailhead. The project was launched nine years ago by two master-gardeners; they are already planning a ten-year celebration event.

There are 48 raised beds, which are rented. A condition of renting is to donate time to the tending of the 24 “giving gardens” which grow produce that is donated to the Mukilteo and Lynnwood food banks.

Gloria Flatterich, the president of the organization, told me they donate
approximately 2,500 pounds of produce each year.

There were four women working at the garden the morning I sketched, from the
conversation and laughter it is easy to conclude that they all get much more
than just tomatoes and squash for their efforts; friendships grow right
alongside the plants.

Gloria told me that the gardens are a place to find solace and refreshment,
it makes sense to me; I am certain I will visit again.

For more information their website is Mukilteogardens.org.

Terry - the Travelsketcher is a Mukilteo resident who sketches anything
interesting that catches his eye. To see more of Terry’s sketches, visit
www.peninkandpaint.com or follow him on Instagram at “thetravelsketcher.”

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On
June 22nd, another awesome group of Boeing employees spent their Friday
afternoon volunteering in the garden.The group cleared out the north-east corner and removed all the “stuff”
around the garden (which was hauled off on the following Saturday.)Thank-you Boeing and thank-you Lorie Rhynard
for hosting the group.

On Monday, June 18th, several residents from the Mukilteo Memory Care came to the garden for an afternoon outing and picnic. The visitors enjoyed touring the garden and having an outdoor luncheon. The Memory Care clients and staff plan to make this a monthly outing and will be coming on the third Monday of the month. If you would like to help out and spruce up a bit before the guests arrive, please email Gloria Flatterich at mukilteop-patch@hotmail.com.

The Mukilteo Community Garden (MCG) extends its sincerest
thanks to the patrons of the Mukilteo QFC for their overwhelming charitableness. When asked to donate fresh produce to support
the Mukilteo Food Bank, the customers were extremely generous and donated 683
lbs. of fruits and vegetables and over $100. WOW. That is definitely a record.

On Sunday, April 29th from 10am to 1pm the Garden
hosted a “Fresh Fruits and Veggie” Drive in front of the QFC. Customers were greeted by MCG volunteers and
were provided a suggested list of “fresh fruits and vegetables” and were asked
to donate. And the shoppers answer was amazing! One man
came out of the store with a Starbucks for him and a bag of groceries for the
food bank.

The garden would also like to thank Gloria Flatterich, Lorie
Rynhard, Ashley Pritt, Danielle O’Keefe and Julie Kelly for manning both entrances. MCG also thanks QFC for allowing the garden to
host the event at their store. A second food drive will be conducted in the fall, so plan to come out and donate your time or fresh produce.

Thank-you to the large group of Boeing Volunteers that showed up in the rain on Saturday, April 28th. The group did an awesome job clearing the perimeter of the garden then laying burlap bags and wood chips. Other tasks that were done were weeding and laying woodchips in the pathways around the Giving Garden beds and planting starts.

Thank-you to all of the Kiwanis and Key Club Volunteers who showed up and helped clean up the Garden for Earth Day. Approximately 35 Kiwanis and Key Club members spent 5 hours weeding, mulching, laying woodchips, and erecting straw bale beds. Also, thanks to Jersey Mike's Mukilteo for providing the volunteers with a tasty lunch.

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As hard as it is to believe with
the record setting rain of the past months, we will soon need to hose
and can water during the growing season to supplement our drip irrigation
system. In addition, we have started seeds in the
greenhouse for some of the transplants that will go into the Giving Garden
beds.

We are putting together a “Watering Team”. We
need at least two people for each day of the week, which provides
flexibility for shared duty and coverage during vacations.

Duties include watering the plants and seedlings in the two
Greenhouses, outdoor pots of edibles such as the potato tower on the east
fence, and the newly seeded areas of the Giving Gardens.
And when the weather heats up, even with a drip irrigation it is sometimes
necessary to give the Beds an extra drink.

If you would like to join the "Watering Team", email admin@mukilteogarden.org
with the day(s) of the week you prefer. If you have a fellow gardener or a
friend in mind you want to partner with, let us know that as well. Being a
current renter at the Garden is not a requirement!

The team coordinator, Ann Ramos, will set up an orientation
session or two at the Garden for those interested.

Currently all p-patch beds are rented for the 2018 growing season. However, we can always use volunteers in the Giving Garden Beds. Please contact us if you are interested.

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The Mukilteo Community Garden is proud to
announce the introduction of the “Little Gardeners Club”.Children ages 5 to 11 are invited to join
this exciting and fun new club. Gardening opens whole new areas
of exploration, awareness, enjoyment, amazement, and learning for children. The Club is dedicated to growing young minds in
a stimulating environment through educational and enriching classes.The classes are designed to bring delight in
gardening with hands on projects the kids start themselves and take home to
continue to watch grow or give as gifts.The children will also plant, tend, and harvest their own vegetable bed
and donate their harvest to local food banks.The group will learn about such things as soil composition, helpful and
harmful insects, the parts of plants, and the water cycle.

The Little Gardeners Club
will kick-off on April 14th at 10 am at the Mukilteo Community
Garden.Classes will be held twice a month
through September.Sign-ups and
orientation will be held on Saturday, March 17 and Sunday, March 25 at 10 am in the Garden.The club coordinator, Stephanie Casino, will
be available to provide the curriculum and to answer any questions.The Club is open to all, but the class size
is limited, so sign-up early.Adults are
requested to stay and help out as needed, or to volunteer in the Giving Garden
beds in the Garden.

The Club is free, but
the experience and lifelong learning is priceless!

EXCITING NEWS - With every new client who files their 2017 taxes with H&R Block or Block Advisors and presents the attached coupon, $20 will be donated to the Mukilteo Community Garden. WOW...TELL YOUR FRIENDS. All you have to do is download the H&R Block Coupon below, take it in to any H&R Block office when having your taxes prepared. It's that easy. A new client is a person who did not have their taxes prepared by H&R Block or Block Advisors the prior year. The referral form must be presented prior to completion of the initial tax interview. See coupon for further details.

On March 10 at Rosehill Community Center Mukilteo Community Garden hosted their Let’s get Sharp Class. The class was taught by Dave Whitesell, a Snohomish County Master Gardener.

Students brought their pruners and learned how to get them ready for the season. Proper and safe cleaning techniques and tricks to keeping them so for the season and how to prevent the spreading of fungus and disease was taught in the class.

Ann Ramos taught the "Let's Get Sprouting" class on Saturday, February 10th at Rosehill Community Center. Ann showed students how to properly start seeds and the different ways to care for them, with or without a greenhouse. Students were able to take seeds starts home.

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The 2017 garden season is coming to an end. A work party was held on November 4th to winterize and clean-up the giving garden. 12+ bed renters braved the cold weather and did an awesome job preparing the garden for the winter. And a big thanks goes out to Ivar's for donating clam chowder to warm up the workers. Reminder: All p-patches need to be put to bed for the winter.

The Master Gardeners "Veggie Group" held their monthly meeting at the garden on Friday, September 15th. Ann Ramos gave the group a tour of the garden and provided the history and daily workings of the garden. The meeting concluded with refreshments being enjoyed by all.

The garden extends its thanks to the volunteers from the Boeing Everett Supplier Management team for their dedicated work in the garden on Friday, September 8th.With their help, the much needed extension to the existing tool shed was erected.The additional tool shed will serve as a home to our large tools and supplies.In addition, the Boeing team cleared some unwanted trees and bed G was seeded with Mesclun lettuces and radishes.

On Sunday, May 7, the Mukilteo Community Garden held a Fresh Produce Drive. Thanks to the very generous shoppers at QFC in Mukilteo, 391 pounds of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables were donated to the Mukilteo Food Bank.

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Hard as it is to believe with the record setting rain of the past months, as the
weather heats up, we will soon be in need of hose-and-can waterers during the growing
season to supplement our drip irrigation system.

We would like to put together a watering team, at least two people for each day of the week, which provides flexibility for shared duty and coverage during vacations.

We tend the plants and seedlings in the two Greenhouses, outdoor pots of edibles
such as the potato tower on the east fence, and the newly seeded areas of the Food
Bank Beds/Giving Gardens.

Even with drip irrigation it is
sometimes necessary to give the Beds a drink.

If you would like to join the sprinklers, email admin@mukilteogarden.org with the day(s) of the week
you prefer. If you have a fellow gardener or a friend in mind you want to
partner with, let me know that as well. Being a current renter at the Garden is not
a requirement!

I’ll set up an orientation session or two at the Garden for those interested.